DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A DeKalb County teacher has resigned and a principal is on administrative leave amid an investigation into inappropriate contact with a student, officials said.
Authorities opened an investigation into the contact between a former teacher and a student at the DeKalb School of the Arts, school district spokesman R. Scott Belzer confirmed in a news release.
Belzer said the way the report was handled is also under investigation by the school district.
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The teacher resigned during the process, and the principal is on paid leave, according to Belzer.
The principal is also retiring, he said.
“The investigation into these reports is at a very early stage,” Belzer said.
This article was written by Asia Simone Burns, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.